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Arts

Offscreen at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival: Panels, Music and Events

Onstage: Ai Weiwei, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ron Howard, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Viggo Mortensen, Max Richter, Isabella Rossellini, Julie Taymor, Tessa Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, Carrie Mae Weems, Among Many Others   Sundance Institute will curate dozens of offscreen events, including behind-the-scenes panels on the art of filmmaking, musical performances and – around the theme of Imagined Futures – a public Bonfire and several extended post-screening conversations (known … Continue reading Offscreen at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival: Panels, Music and Events

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Movie Review

Murmur: A Glorious Summer in the Winter of Our Discontent

By Vernon Nickerson Murmur, a film written and directed by Heather Young, making its debut at the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival, takes an intimate look at the intersections between 1. a lonely and heartsick mother who longs to love and be loved in return, 2. the substances the mother has used to numb her pain, 3. a lonely and heartsick dog who desperately wants tender … Continue reading Murmur: A Glorious Summer in the Winter of Our Discontent

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Movie Review

La Restauración A Tale Of Damnation And Redemption

By Monteque Pope-Le Beau Director Alonso Llosa’s tragicomedy La Restauración will have its World Premiere at the 2020 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. La Restauración is a poignant cautionary tale about excess, greed, disillusionment and elitism. The story takes place in a period of rapid urban growth in Peru when money is flowing freely allowing those who were once unable to graduate to the elite … Continue reading La Restauración A Tale Of Damnation And Redemption

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Arts

The Journey And History Of The Blond Haired Boy

By Monteque Pope-Le Beau The Amber Light Makes Its US Premiere at Santa Barbara International Film Festival Q&A With Director Adam Park To Follow Screenings   “‘As might be expected, the inspiration for this film came after a rather enlightening evening spent with Dave Broom at his home.” Director Adam Park Director Adam Park’s wonderful documentary “The Amber Light” is a story about Scottish whiskey, … Continue reading The Journey And History Of The Blond Haired Boy

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Introduction to the Artist

An interview with “TRIBES” Director Nino Aldi, Producer/Actor DeStorm (day-storm) Power and Producer/Actor Jake Hunter

By: Vernon Nickerson Edited by: Christopher Roberts “Tribes” is a tremendously poignant and thought provoking film. With a rich textured story “Tribes” paints a picture of humanities complicated identity. It is the consequential poem of our times. Tribes” will be a featured short at the 2020 Santa Barbara Film Festival and The Art Of Monteque had the privilege to do a sit down interview with … Continue reading An interview with “TRIBES” Director Nino Aldi, Producer/Actor DeStorm (day-storm) Power and Producer/Actor Jake Hunter

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Arts

Costume Institute’s Spring 2020 Exhibition to Present a Disruptive Timeline of Fashion History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that The Costume Institute’s spring 2020 exhibition will be About Time: Fashion and Duration, on view from May 7 through September 7, 2020 (preceded on May 4 by The Costume Institute Benefit). Presented in The Met Fifth Avenue’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Exhibition Hall, it will trace more than a century and a half of fashion, from 1870 … Continue reading Costume Institute’s Spring 2020 Exhibition to Present a Disruptive Timeline of Fashion History

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Arts

Northern Banner Acquires Canadian Distribution Of 2020 Slamdance’s World Premiere Doc SHOOT TO MARRY

    Heartbroken Filmmaker Steve Markle Focuses His Camera On Women To Film A Doc And Find The Love Of His Life.   The Slamdance Film Festival will host the World Premiere of the rom-com doc Shoot To Marry, the long-awaited follow-up to Canadian filmmaker Steve Markle’s cult classic Camp Hollywood. The documentary is part of the Breakouts Selection, which showcases films by feature directors who … Continue reading Northern Banner Acquires Canadian Distribution Of 2020 Slamdance’s World Premiere Doc SHOOT TO MARRY

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Arts

The Met Announces Celebrations for Its 150th-Anniversary Year in 2020

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the key components of its 150th-anniversary celebration in 2020, including major gifts of art from around the world; exhibitions and displays that will examine art, history, and culture through spectacular objects; and dynamic programs that will engage The Met’s local and global communities. Highlights of the year include the exhibition Making The Met, 1870–2020, the opening of the … Continue reading The Met Announces Celebrations for Its 150th-Anniversary Year in 2020

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Arts, Movie Review

Nino Aldi’s “TRIBES” World Premiere At The 2020 Santa Barbara Film Festival

TRIBES, or, what humankind might accomplish if it only had eleven minutes in a speeding subway car!   By Vernon Nickerson, TRIBES, directed by the incredibly talented Nino Aldi, is an absolute gem of an emotional roller coaster and a featured short at the 2020 Santa Barbara Film Festival. Full-disclosure, toy guns particularly and toy weapons of any kind in general were forbidden in my … Continue reading Nino Aldi’s “TRIBES” World Premiere At The 2020 Santa Barbara Film Festival

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Philosophy, Spirituality

China Paradox

By Stephan Pisko It’s a total ‘new way of seeing’ that is the only way you can really see beyond, but there are always ‘tell tale’ visual signs’ as the ‘visual is intelligence’. China is laced with paradoxes’ that was birthed long ago within their eastern thought philosophy principles’ there exists a ‘roller coaster ridden’ society among the very young to the very old this … Continue reading China Paradox

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Arts

FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FANS OF HOLLYWOOD BLVD. SUPERMAN CHRISTOPHER DENNIS RAISING FUNDS FOR HIS FUNERAL

Christopher Dennis, AKA Hollywood Boulevard Superman, tragically passed away November 2 at the age of 52. Chris had been homeless, off and on, for three years prior to his passing, sometimes sleeping in shelters. Family, friends, and fans who had helped him find lodgings over the years, hope to raise funds to give him a final resting place where he can be at peace for eternity. A … Continue reading FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FANS OF HOLLYWOOD BLVD. SUPERMAN CHRISTOPHER DENNIS RAISING FUNDS FOR HIS FUNERAL

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Arts

Three-time Oscar®-Nominee Joaquin Phoenix Brings Doc On Controversial Animal Rights Campaign To Global Audiences With “The Animal People”

Virgil Films & Entertainment Will Distribute Feature Film on Infamous Case of The First American Activists Ever Convicted of Terrorism The chilling documentary feature “The Animal People,” from directors Casey Suchan (“Rock The Bells”) and Denis Henry Hennelly (“Goodbye World,” “Bold Native”) follows the harrowing journey of six young American animal rights activists prosecuted as terrorists by the United States Government for their involvement in a protest campaign. The film had its … Continue reading Three-time Oscar®-Nominee Joaquin Phoenix Brings Doc On Controversial Animal Rights Campaign To Global Audiences With “The Animal People”

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Arts

THE 21ST ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL HIP HOP DANCEFEST

Micaya is pleased to present the 21st Annual San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest (SFIHHDF), featuring nearly one dozen innovative hip-hop performances from dance companies from around the globe. This is simply a must see event for anyone who enjoys the performing arts and dance. A beautiful expression of the universal communication of music and dance. Infused with the energy freshness of new ideas. Under … Continue reading THE 21ST ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL HIP HOP DANCEFEST

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Arts

Sundance Institute Theatre Program: An All-Women Cohort to Convene at MASS MoCA Lab

Sundance Institute’s Theatre Program will support three ambitious new works for the stage, and their four women creators, at this year’s two-week Theatre Lab at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA). The Lab, which runs from November 10 to November 24th, will feature the concentrated and abundant time and resources, including individual casting from a dedicated acting company and daily rehearsals, that has … Continue reading Sundance Institute Theatre Program: An All-Women Cohort to Convene at MASS MoCA Lab

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Arts

Art Idea Second Edition

By Stephan Pisko The ‘art idea’ today is largely extracted from a variety of ‘social influences’ via a ‘cyber mechanical means’ where style – content – form are beyond the artist’s creativity but still remaining to be ‘manipulated by the mind’ not ‘by the hand’. Spontaneous frustration motivates the artist’s creativity within this current time and environment we are on the edge with no planned … Continue reading Art Idea Second Edition

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Arts

Love Endures In “The Last Word,” A New Play By Jan Miller Corran

By Vernon Nickerson There is something deeply soul satisfying about Jan Miller Corran’s new play, “The Last Word,” which recently premiered at the Garry Marshall Theater in Burbank, CA. It took a good night’s rest for me to realize what it was about the piece’s compelling ensemble cast’s dynamic performance that felt so much like the pleasure of cuddling next to a roaring fire on … Continue reading Love Endures In “The Last Word,” A New Play By Jan Miller Corran

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Social Issues

Remote Neural Monitoring – Mind Control – Manufacturing Nut Cases

By Stephan Pisko The phenomenon that is happening is a “subliminal recruiting” it attracts hypnotically basically with weak infected influenced minds’, but it has all been “setup” by an exterior force with ninja qualities’. It is very visually amazing that we have all of these different minds’ on this planet with an equally amazing ratio of “mind similarities” human beings’ who have never met living … Continue reading Remote Neural Monitoring – Mind Control – Manufacturing Nut Cases

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Arts

Barbara Niven to Have “The Last Word” at Garry Marshall Theatre This November 7th

“The Last Word” Brings Laughter and the Love of a Lifetime with All-Star Cast Featuring Barbara Niven, John Kapelos with Isabella Hofmann, Tom Katsis, Carole Ita White to the Garry Marshall Theater Beginning on November 7th Three Women in a Box brings an incredible new play to eminent Los Angeles theater audiences with “The Last Word,” by acclaimed writer Jan Miller Corran (“Snapshots,” “Turn Left”). … Continue reading Barbara Niven to Have “The Last Word” at Garry Marshall Theatre This November 7th

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Healthy Living, Spirituality

New Psychology + Senses

By Stephan Pisko The universe is expanding and the mind is collapsing shrinking to a convex point of useful nothingness where a select number of beings’ will prevail simple survival is evolving into a technical tyrant. At one juncture human beings’ were independent survivalists’ but we are changing places as interdependent submissive savages under domination taskmasters (or) technical tyrants and greed gods. The mind is … Continue reading New Psychology + Senses

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